USA
IRELAND
FOXTEL FESTIVAL HUB
SNARKY
PUPPY
KORMAC’S
BIG BAND
A RED-HOT DOUBLE BILL – TWO UNPARALLELED NIGHTS OF FLOOR-SHAKING GROOVES
“The nine-piece
band [Snarky
Puppy] is built to
groove… thumping
out irrepressible
surges of energy.”
THE SCOTSMAN
“Kormac kicked the
night into action
with his 11-piece
orchestra…
A hugely
entertaining set,
bringing DJing to
a whole new level.”
For the final weekend of Melbourne
Festival, a maelstrom of funk,
swing and hip-hop bebop descends
on the Foxtel Festival Hub.
For over ten years, Grammy Award–
winning jazz-funk collective Snarky Led by the eponymous DJ Kormac
Puppy have been rewriting the
– who made a name for himself
rulebook on American jazz. Led
through beat-heavy, party-ready
by visionary bassist and composer
reworkings of old style swing and
Michael League, Snarky Puppy calls bebop – Kormac’s Big Band bring
upon an ever-changing roster of
his out-of-this-world compositions
more than 40 of America’s greatest to life with the help of rap MCs, a
session musicians to deliver the
full brass section and a healthy
most explosive, most irrepressible
dose of scratching. Musical
and most unpredictable big band
mayhem is guaranteed.
experience in the world today.
With their latest album, We Like It
Here, still sizzling hot off the press,
Snarky Puppy bring their whirlwind
of soul vibrations, power-packed
funk and deadly improvisation to
Melbourne Festival for their only
Australian appearance this year.
Image: Photographer
IRISH MIRROR
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Rounding out this night of sonic
pandemonium is Kormac’s Big
Band, an 11-piece, 1950s jazzinfluenced hip-hop orchestra
hailing from Dublin.
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FOXTEL FESTIVAL HUB
Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct
Doors at 11pm
$45
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